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The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol following Vertol's acquisition by Boeing. Development of the Sea Knight, which was originally designated by the firm as the Vertol Model 107, commenced ...
3 Sikorsky RH-3A (Sea King) 12 Boeing UH-46A-D (Sea Knight) 1 Sikorsky UH-34 (Sea Horse) 92 aircraft in total HC-7 helicopter armament included M16 rifles, M79 grenade launchers, M60 machine guns. In 1970 Big Mother H-3s were modified installing a GAU-2B/A minigun upon armor plated mount in right rear aft cargo door. The HH-2Cs arrived having a ...
Two CH-46E Sea Knight or MH-60S Seahawk helicopters USS Detroit (AOE-4) was the fourth and last Sacramento -class fast combat support ship built for the United States Navy . She was laid down on 29 November 1966 by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Bremerton, Washington ; launched 21 June 1969; and commissioned on 28 March 1970.
In August 1993, the Marine Corps Aviation Association chose HMM-164 as the Medium Helicopter Squadron of the year. A CH-46 Sea Knight from HMM-164 during a training exercise in California in 1986. In June 1995, HMM-164 deployed as the Aviation Combat Element with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU).
Aircraft carried 2 × CH-46A/D Sea Knight helicopters The second USS Seattle (AOE-3) , a Sacramento -class fast combat support ship , was laid down on 1 October 1965, at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard , Bremerton, Washington ; launched on 2 March 1968; sponsored by Mrs. William M. Allen, chairman of the board of the Children's Orthopedic ...
On the 17th, because her entire complement of CH-46A Sea Knight helicopters had been grounded, Tripoli launched the first all-boat landing from an LPH. In spite of swells 8–12 feet (2.4–3.7 m) high, a rain squall, 30- to 40-knot (46 mph; 74 km/h) winds, and visibility frequently less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km), the boat landings for Operation ...
2 × UH-46 Sea Knight helicopters Wichita -class replenishment oilers comprised a class of seven replenishment oilers used by the United States Navy from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s. The ships were designed for rapid underway replenishment using both connected replenishment and vertical replenishment.
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